Shorn definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SHORN pp. of shear. 1. Cut off; as a lock of wool shorn. 2. Having the hair or wool cut off or sheared; as a shorn lamb. 3. Deprived; as a prince shorn of his honors. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1 ... if with shears or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep" [ ...
... 1828 Dictionary SHEAR, v.t. pret. sheared; pp. sheared or shorn. The old pret. shore is entirely obsolete. 1. To cut ... shearing strain Merriam Webster's I. verb (sheared; sheared or shorn; shearing) Etymology: Middle English sheren, from Old English scieran; akin ... 1. a. to cut off the hair from < with crown shorn > b. to cut or clip (as hair or wool) from ... 3. to deprive of something as if by cutting < lives shorn of any hope — M. W. Browne > 4. a. to subject ... v. (past sheared, archaic except Austral. & NZ shore; past part. shorn or sheared) 1 tr. cut with scissors or shears etc ... Shear, v. t. [imp. Shearedor Shore;p. p. Sheared or Shorn; p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to ...
... if with shears or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep" [syn: sheared, shorn] [ant: unsheared, unshorn] 2: (used especially of fur or wool ... Shear, v. t. [imp. Shearedor Shore;p. p. Sheared or Shorn; p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear ... as, to shear a fleece. Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away. --Shak. 3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 4 ... Shear, v. t. [imp. Shearedor Shore;p. p. Sheared or Shorn; p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear ... as, to shear a fleece. Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away. --Shak. 3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson. ...
... vello, to pluck or tear off.] The coat of wool shorn from a sheep at one time. FLEECE, v.t. 1 ... covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. Who shore ... from the cylinder of a carding machine. Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep. Golden fleece. See under Golden. Webster's ... Easton's Bible Dictionary the wool of a sheep, whether shorn off or still attached to the skin (Deut. 18:4 ...
... SHOR'LING, In England, the skin of a living sheep shorn, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from a ... in some parts of England, a shorling is a sheep shorn, and a morling is one that dies. Webster's 1913 ... 1. The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from ... year's shearing. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
... Shear, v. t. [imp. Shearedor Shore;p. p. Sheared or Shorn; p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear ... as, to shear a fleece. Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away. --Shak. 3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 4 ... probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See Shear, v ...
... eighth day. It must be kept, but not worked or shorn, until the time when "year by year" it may be ... 15:19-22 they were preserved, without being worked or shorn, until "year by year" they could be taken up to ...
... accidentally broken, we may judge that the head was also shorn on initiation and the hair allowed to grow during the ... was clearly a Nazirite's vow which Paul took, "having shorn his head in Cenchrea" (Ac 18:18), and which he ...
... 1913 Dictionary Tonsured Ton"sured, a. Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald. A tonsured head in middle age forlorn ... Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Having the tonsure, shaven, shorn, clipped. 2. Bald.
... covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. Who shore ... from the cylinder of a carding machine. Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep. Golden fleece. See under Golden. Webster's ...
... or of shaving the head; or the state of being shorn. 2. In the Romish church, tonsure is the first ceremony ... the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn. 2. (R. C. Ch.) (a) The first ceremony used for ...
... Shear, v. t. [imp. Shearedor Shore;p. p. Sheared or Shorn; p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear ... as, to shear a fleece. Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away. --Shak. 3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 4 ...
... covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. Who shore ... from the cylinder of a carding machine. Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep. Golden fleece. See under Golden.